hadith
159
۞
159. It has been narrated that Abu Ja'far (a.s) said
Feeding four Muslims is equal to freeing a slave from the descendants of Prophet Ishmael.
159 - عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام
أنه قال: شبع أربعة من المسلمين يعدل رقبة من ولد إسماعيل (ع).
Similar narrations
- Kitāb al-Muʾmin #160 If two believers were to enter the house of a believer and he were to feed them to full, this would be better than freeing a slave.”
- Kitāb al-Muʾmin #170 Feeding a Muslim is equal to freeing a human being.
- Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl #515 “One who satisfies the hunger of four Muslims, Allah will grant him the reward of freeing a slave from the progeny of Ismail (a.s.).”
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- Kitāb al-Muʾmin #163 “O Thabit! Can you not free a slave every day?' 'May Allah make you prosper,' he replied, 'I do not have the (financial) power to do it!'...
- Kitāb al-Muʾmin #165 Feeding your brother a mouthful is more loveable to me than giving a dirham in charity; and giving him a dirham is more lovable to me than...